Like a shadow - On becoming a stroke victim's relative

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Wallengren, Catarina ^a,b   Friberg, Febe ^a,c   Segesten, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Lived experience; Phemenological hermeneutic methodology; Stroke; Support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949092881     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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